HyperDic: rhizome

English > 1 sense of the word *rhizome*:
NOUN	plant	rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk	a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

rhizome > pronunciation
Sounds	ray'zow.m
Rhymes	aerodrome ... tome: 31 rhymes with owm...

English > *rhizome*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure.
Synonyms	rootstock, rootstalk
Broader	stalk, stem	A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Spanish	portainjerto, rizoma
Catalan	rizoma
Adjectives	rhizomatous	producing or possessing or resembling rhizomes